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...expulsion. He took to the airwaves, decrying the charges against him of sexual and official misconduct and vowing that his decision to fight on was irrevocable. But then certain lights came on. At 12:30 p.m. Packwood slipped into his second-floor hideaway in the Capitol Building to confer with two of his staunchest defenders, Republican Senators Alan Simpson of Wyoming and John McCain of Arizona. Gently, but persistently, his colleagues delivered a firm message: this has got to end. Twenty minutes into the meeting, majority leader Robert Dole joined the session. Ten minutes more and a deal...
...held inside, their hands shackled behind them, were arrested over the weekend and are awaiting arraignment; new detainees are herded in and out all day. In the midst of this noise and mayhem, some of the accused meet their lawyers for the last time before approaching the bench and confer hastily through the metal mesh about their pleas. Though the state affiliate of the A.C.L.U. has brought a class action against Connecticut's indigent-defense system, citing the Cage as one of many degrading and prejudicial conditions in the state, lawyers and defendants alike are accustomed...
...Divinity School will confer 47 master ofdivinity (M.Div.), 91 master of theologicalstudies (M.T.S.), 11 master of theology (Th.M.)andseven doctor of theology(Th.D.)degrees, for atotal of 156 diplomas. Graduates will receivetheir diplomas on the front lawn of Andover Hallat 1 p.m., according to staff assistant RonAlberts...
...Graduate School of Design will confer atotal of 199 diplomas. The recipients will beawarded 99 master in architecture (M.Arch.), 44master in landscape architecture (M.L.A.), 24master of architecture and landscape architecturein urban design (M.A.U.D. and ML.A.U.D.), 27master in design studies (M.D.S.) and five doctorof design (D.D.) degrees...
...University will confer honorary degrees today on 10 people, including Czech Republic President Vaclav Havel, Who will deliver the Commencement address, architect I.M. Pei, Painter Jacob Lawrence and former University Chicago President Hanna H. Gray...